Football Preview: Royal Palm Beach Wildcats vs. Dr. Joaquin Garcia Bulldogs
Royal Palm Beach has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will challenge the Dr. Joaquin Garcia Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. Royal Palm Beach is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27 points per game this season.
Royal Palm Beach will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Seminole Ridge, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Royal Palm Beach came out on top against Seminole Ridge by a score of 21-14 on Friday.
Royal Palm Beach found their leader in sophomore Max Griner, who threw for 228 yards and a touchdown, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. The dominant performance also gave Griner a new career-high in rushing yards (26). A healthy portion of Griner's aerial production (85 yards to be exact) went to Demetrice Rolle.
Dr. Joaquin Garcia never got on the board in their matchup on October 4th, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Northeast last Thursday. They put the hurt on the Hurricanes with a sharp 35-14 win. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 21 points or more this season.
A big part of Dr. Joaquin Garcia's victory came down to the chemistry between Caleb Butler and his top target Zion Vilma. Butler threw for 192 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes while Vilma picked up 126 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Dr. Joaquin Garcia didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of John Glenn and Aaron Shackleton.
Royal Palm Beach's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Dr. Joaquin Garcia, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
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